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How does a stem cell decide what specialized identity to adopt - or simply to remain a stem cell? A new study suggests that the conventional view, which assumes that cells are “instructed” to progress along prescribed signaling pathways, is too simplistic. Instead, it supports the idea that cells differentiate through […]
Mutations in a gene called FIGLA cause premature ovarian failure in at least 1% of women who suffer from the disorder, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and Shandong University in China in a report that appears online in the American Journal of Human Genetics. Premature ovarian failure, which means that the ovaries […]
King Akhenaten (photo credit www.usu.edu)
The feminine features and elongated head of ancient Egypt’s King Akhenaten may be attributed to two genetic defects called aromatose excess syndrome and craniosynostosis, reports Yale School of Medicine dermatology Professor Irwin Braverman, M.D.
Akhenaten, a pharaoh during Egypt’s 18th Dynasty credited with starting the practice of worshipping one God, fathered six children. […]
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A University of Carolina study monitoring 1200 newborns from the ‘Isle of Wight cohort’ found that first borns were more likely to carry a gene variant which raised their risk of developing an allergy before the age of 10. The study suggested that a first born experienced different conditions in the uterus from subsequent siblings.
The […]
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The Academy for Medical Sciences at Cambridge University in their recent report “Brain science, addiction and drugs” have said that drugs for diseases such as Alzheimer’s were being used by healthy people to boost alertness and memory, including students sitting their exams.
The AMS said in the future, regulation may have to be introduced to stop […]
(Tasmanian Tiger - photo credit www.bbc.co.uk/news)
Using transgenic mice, Australian and American researchers have shown that they can “resurrect” a snippet of DNA from the genome of an extinct animal — the Tasmanian tiger — and test its biological function in a living animal. The last Tasmanian Tiger died in an Australian zoo in 1936 having […]
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Carbon nanotubes - the epitome of the nanotechnology industry - have been found to trigger diseases similar to asbestos in research undertaken on mice including lesions and inflammation. Use of asbestos triggered a pandemic of lung disease in the 20th Century.
These tiny carbon molecules have remarkable properties that could be used for […]
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Researchers at UK’s Destiny Pharma believe they have developed a drug which can destroy the most virulent strains of MRSA. They are testing the drug code named XF-73 in the hope it can be used in hospitals by 2011.
Study results of the new drug, which is applied as a gel into patients’ noses, showed […]
Different types of skin cancer
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University of Minnesota researchers looking to answer the question ‘why does ultraviolet light induce skin cancer?’ believe they have found how sun-induced skin cancer starts. They found the cancer starts in receptor molecules or molecular “hooks” on the outer surface of cells that also pull cannabinoid compounds found in marijuana out […]
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Scientists have long wondered why early primates inhabited forest canopies, given that climbing appears to consume more energy than walking. However Duke University researchers studying primates walking on treadmills found that there was no energy consumption difference in small primates.
This suggests that ancestors of humans, apes and monkeys may have taken to the trees […]
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